I'm stalling actually!

I'm lovin' It!

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I don't know why I find this . . . interesting but today on the drive to work I heard a song by the Cowsills (Hair). They were pretty popular in 1969, one of the biggest draws on the concert circuit. The REAL Partridge Family.

So I thought for shits and giggles I would look them up to see what the deal was with these guys and what I found was the typical blah blah boring stuff but there were some things that stood out.

The original group was Barry, Bill, Bob, and John Cowsill and with success they were joined with siblings Susan and Paul and their mother, Barbara.

In 1969, Bill was fired from the group by his father after he was caught smoking marijuana. The rest of the careers was a boring read but then it came to the death part.

Barry Cowsill was living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck. HE was spotted by news cameras at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on August 29, but was not heard from after leaving phone messages for his sister on September 1 and was never heard from again.

Bill Cowsill apparently died from a long history of problems associated with drug and alcohol abuse.

I think ever since I watched "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" the stream of life has intrigued me. What happens to people as they move through time, the randomness and how one thing leads to another and you never really know what adventures life will bring.

You can do all the planning and positioning but a butterfly will flap it's wings somewhere and all of a sudden things will move you in a direction you never saw coming.

. . . let's move on.

On this day in 1945 DJ's dad was blown off the USS Indianapolis by a Japanese torpedo and spent the next 5 days treading water watching his buddies get eaten by sharks. Of the 880 that survived the sinking ship only 317 survived the 5 days in the water.

The USS Indianapolis carried the worlds first atom bomb to Tinian Island and unloaded it a week before. a VERY good read is "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors" in which there is a photo of DJ's dad.

Again - life for me would be so different if he had not survived. He would have never had DJ, I would have never met her (who was not there), there would be no Jenny, I would not be living in Columbus, I would be writing about . . . . . . taxidermy or something, who knows.
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Remember maybe about a month ago I had that photo of a mutant gaillardia in my garden?

Here it is after it has bloomed.

And remember all the way back to yesterday with my Globe Thistle photo. Well today something is happening on that very . . .globey thing.

It's getting little candles - I wonder if it's going to have a party!

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Noxema - WTF!! Now I know how they made their shaving cream empire. The shut off valve seems to be stuck open. That is 24 hours of snail like leakage. I used it this morning and 15 minutes later I see a 1/2 inch of cream creeping out!

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When I was in Pats barn with the tower of glass I took the opportunity to take a few photos.


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OK - what else can I think of.

Sunday night on ABC is a show that MIGHT be good call "Defying Gravity". a 6 year mission in 2052 to explore the Galaxy. Like BattleStar Galactica ( which I consider the best Sci Fi show ever) the storyline is all plotted out. It stars one of my favorite guys from Band of Brothers (Capt Nixon). It's called a mix of The Right Stuff, Grey's Anatomy and a little bit of Lost thrown in.

Sundays show will have a FIRST for Network TV. A gravity-defying simulated sex scene. However - from the reviews I have the script and characters are pretty good.

One review says "

The really weird thing about "Defying Gravity" is that it is oddly intriguing. C'mon, we're talking about what amounts to Soap Opera In Space, and yet — if you give it a chance — it might actually reach out and grab you. Even if you're not a big fan of either soap operas or science fiction.

On the other hand, the first hour is better than the second. That's never a good sign.

But — as hard as it might be to believe — "Defying Gravity" is actually worth keeping an eye on.

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I'm stalling actually - I had something that was the Thursday piece but I thought of more stuff to collect so I have to hold off until next week.

August 13th the Firemen will host the Carson and Barns Circus and they STILL have weather radios available for $25.

August 4th is National Night Out at Fireman's Par. . . . Not a clue what that is.

ENOUGH BLABBERING

cheers Rod